Charlie Cunningham‘s bikes have always been uniquely unique. They are a reflection of him. When you bought a bike from Charlie, you were buying into his methodology, his concept of what the ideal mountain bike should be. You agreed with his thoughts on how we should treat the land. How riding mountain bikes on single-track […]
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What’s this? Four days this week so far and four posts? Let the roll continue with some titanium on this Thursday. This Merlin came to the shop a while back to get a new Steve Potts Type II fork. The plan was to also convert it to a single-speed bike. When it came in, it […]
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Part 2 is something a little older. This Cunningham Racer is slated to make an appearance at an upcoming exhibit at San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal in March. It’s a great example of some of Charlie’s best work. The Racer model with the optional oversized seat post and sloping top tube was so far […]
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Might as well get this one over will so y’all have something to do over the weekend. Here are two bikes that came through the shop in the past week. Both were here for small miscellaneous things so I wouldn’t necessarily classify them as “repairs” and I’ll explain my reason for noting this later. Regardless, […]
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This Bruce Gordon BLT was recently finished for a rider in Santa Rosa. There really is nothing remarkable about this bike and that is what makes it a very nice bike that will give its owner many, many miles of great riding experiences. All the parts on the bike were chosen for their usefulness and […]
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As we get older (okay, some of us), we still like to ride our bikes. Sometimes we like to ride our old vintage road bikes. And if it’s a vintage road bike like a vintage road bike should be (I’m talking 70’s and 80’s) it will have a double crank and a close ratio freewheel. […]
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On the spot bar tape job on something a bit unique. Jacquie Phelan pedaled over from Fairfax on a spectacular Fall day here in West Marin. Temps in the upper 60s, maybe the 70s. We were also under a “hazardous wind advisory” that never materialized. Good for cycling. With Jacquie’s bike in the stand, I […]
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Okay, final installment of Titanium Thursday (one time Thursday event). This one’s a sweet little Willits titanium road bike that had its Ultegra triple components replaced with a mix of 7800 and 7900 Dura Ace. (What’s playing: Social Distortion Ring of Fire)
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Quick one here with a titanium group hug. A shot of the first and most recent frame Steve has made with S&S couplers. Okay, so there’s an aluminum and carbon frame in the photo. (What’s playing: Neil Diamond Solitary Man)
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In the second edition, we have a new Steve Potts build. A really sweet 700c, disc brake cross bike. This is really a go fast dirt road, paved road rocket. Built with a SRAM parts group, White Industries hubs with HED Belgium rims, Thomson seat post, Ritchey bar and stem, and Avid BB7 brakes. The […]
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It’s been pretty intense recently. Lots of builds. Lots of repairs. Lots of titanium. I’ll parse out the sweet ti goodness in doses. The first dose is a nice little Steve Potts number that was in to get the fork repainted, new Moots stem and seat post, and new Potts ti bars. Rick at D&D […]
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This was a first. Pretty fun build too. The owner came up and went for a ride out on the seashore while I built up a Black Mountain Cycles cross bike with an Xtracycle extension. But not before setting up his laptop to take a time-lapse video of the build. Then he went out the […]
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